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Sprinkler fitter jobs out there

dan in Castle Rock, Colorado said: We are a non-union shop looking for a few good men in the Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and surrounding areas. We are not looking for entitled-minded people, but folks eager to be part of a growing team. If you are interested, please call Bob at TOM.TL0- FIRE (use your phone to get the no). Tell your friends.

I need work 20 years on the job & I can't find nothing moved to tx from ca I'm in the dwf area but can relocate I NEED WORK!!!

Tom in Melbourne, Australia said: Any sprinkler fitters looking for for work in the US should head to Australia. The moneys better that US and good conditions you get around 100 k with out overtime

Tom what does it take to get there--I have a passport-still good-work visa???-have 26 yrs in as a fitter and 15 of it was as a designer and fitter-who( companies) would I call or email resumes too-How much will it cost to get over???-I am ready to go if its at all possible-how much would it cost to get there-email me at bdstricker@gmail.com if you could urgent

Tom
Who are the companies mainly hiring-can you send me contact list or emails for resume- what about work visa?? have passport-where is the best place to go??? Perth??? Please email me if you could bdstricker@gmail.com-I am ready to go-have 26 years in most in the field but can design also-need to find something overseas

Union is useless. BA's never return calls, same BS every time you manage to get in touch with them, people losing homes, marriages falling apart because of no work, pensions cut in half. What good is a union?

I have done work now that i retired-and I can definitely tell you the union has its place-protection-I cannot begin to tell you how these non union companies ( and I am not doing fire sprinklers) rip off their employees because they can and the govt lets them. The unions may seem to be mafia, the dues may be expensive, but the local covered me for 26 years and protected me from the abuse that goes on now in a "free market place" U should try OTR trucking and see how you get ripped by the trucking firms!!! If you do not believe it-just take a non union job and see how it turns out when your wages are not paid, or your benefits are not there. The devil is in the details

So it's better to sit at home with no work for two years? The unions have outpriced themselves...it's the union's own fault that there are so many non union workers out there taking jobs away from experienced fitters. The unions used to be great but now they're just fat cats sitting around collecting fees and doing nothing. It's disgusting.

Runcrun said: Union is useless. BA's never return calls, same BS every time you manage to get in touch with them, people losing homes, marriages falling apart because of no work, pensions cut in half. What good is a union?

What good is a union?
Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that without it, you would be working for the "open shop" without benefits and a much lower wage.
"We" are the union...the officers work for us.

After 28 years in the union and two more years to go to retire it's very difficult to learn a new trade. The union doesn't allow you to touch any pipe so what kind of job would a 28 year career person get? $10 an hour at home depot? The union does nothing to get work and cripples the person who has no work. Then if you are forced to retire, you only get half your pension? They hold all the cards.

Thomas Pedigo in Shady Cove, Oregon said: What good is a union?
Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that without it, you would be working for the "open shop" without benefits and a much lower wage.
"We" are the union...the officers work for us.

I know-at 61 I am faced with the same situation. i have been trying to take a job for 10.00 an hour-but getting past the pride is one thing. the health is the other.
I can design but choose not to-so I can see your point-the baby boomers are screwed if they did not plan it out.

yes-but one has to own up to it-I made good money for years-just did not plan well-not the unions fault-it is mine-I did not see this life coming or I ignored the signs and charged on any way-I own it. 61 and screwed

How can someone plan for that? There are college tuitions, mortgages, bills...cost of living going up every year. You think you're going to be okay because of your pension and annuity and bam! They pull the rug out from under you. Don't beat yourself up, you put in your time...

I think it was the stress of it all that made me go bonkers( mortgage-kids-big house-insurance at 50 k a year for a mom and pop shop-pipe costs rising 15% every week for a year-the big outfits taking work for nothing-bad economy etc)-I had a company that made it-I got fed up with the economy-and walked away-then a divorce-then living on the street(almost) in the end-still my fault-bad decisions-the local was good to me-i just did not know how valuable it was-and took it for granted. k-sa ra

669 in San Marcos, California said: yes-but one has to own up to it-I made good money for years-just did not plan well-not the unions fault-it is mine-I did not see this life coming or I ignored the signs and charged on any way-I own it. 61 and screwed

From what I understand as of now...you can take the early withdrawel on your "vested" pension @61 and only get hit with a 6% penalty.

Joe in Bensalem, Pennsylvania said: Wow guys, I thought this was suppose to be a forum for advise on how to better yourself. I hope it is only you guys reading this page, because this makes me feel very embarased if people outside the industry had a chance to glance.

I'm a wife of a union HVAC worker who quite frankly started non union and is very embarrassed reading this. I'm glad someone else said it. I actually jumped on this site as we live in Iowa and was trying to educate myself on this industry as there was a job posting on one of of internet sites locally for apprentice which I was going to send to my 25yr old son. Joe has it right you guys should be ashamed and embarrassed!!!! Non Union is not for everyone and Union is not for everyone it is called personal choice which is what makes up America period.

This thread embarrases me as a 669 member.I would be willing to bet that most, if not all of the rebel-rousing, uneducated, nay-sayers are the very same member that don't bother to show up to a district meeting. Try reading your CBA or UA constitution for a change...
Continuing education and having the willingness to market yourselves to the signatory shops by learning how the modern construction industries genuinely operate in todays world, would be better for your financial bottom-line, than simply spewing a load of mis-truthes, speculation and uneducated opinions on matters that have no bearing on the reality of the situation.
Get up or shut up.

Thomas Pedigo in Shady Cove, Oregon said: This thread embarrases me as a 669 member.I would be willing to bet that most, if not all of the rebel-rousing, uneducated, nay-sayers are the very same member that don't bother to show up to a district meeting. Try reading your CBA or UA constitution for a change...
Continuing education and having the willingness to market yourselves to the signatory shops by learning how the modern construction industries genuinely operate in todays world, would be better for your financial bottom-line, than simply spewing a load of mis-truthes, speculation and uneducated opinions on matters that have no bearing on the reality of the situation.
Get up or shut up.

No, the bottom line is there is NO WORK! Give me a break, they have their hand out for the dues every month but try calling your BA, if you even get a call back...same story every month...no work. Yeah, blame the union member..you must be a BA.

JOND in Arlington, Texas said: Your any ignorant idiot...you think the union is so great in 20 years our retirement wont be anything. And I highly doubt with your personality you have any easy time keeping a job. I am union now but maybe not for long...im tired of them taking something away every time they give us something.

I need to hire some fitters for fire sprinkler work in the Dallas area. Do you know any?

I don't understand why all the name calling and bashing . We are supposed to be saving lives. Isn't that why we install sprinklers? Union or non union. We are all just trying to feed our families. After all I have read it seems it has become me the people not we the people

I was union for 12 years and black balled due to the people I hired and the people I wouldn't. I was off 2 years and could not buy a job I went from being the superintendent to not being able to get a job. I left after working s##t jobs making s##t money for 2 years. I got a job at an open shop and was making union rate full benefits better then I got in the union. 2 weeks paid vacation and matching 401k plus all the overtime I wanted. I am no longer working in the sprinkler field by choice I have chosen to move on and see what else is out there. But what I got from the union was nothing they never found me work I always called and found my own. When I finally was promoted and refused to hire the union family I was hung out to dry. I was put on trial when I told the BA I would be away and wanted to reschedule he of course agreed and then held the hearing without me being present. He told what I thought where my fellow brothers I told him that I did not owe anyone anything and they could all kiss my a##. You find out fast you have no friends, yet I would hire anyone who did not have work if I had it. I thank the union for my education besides that they just took my money and gave nothing in return. I am the true scab and never cared what was said because I was always working. Did I take away from union brothers no I fed my family I have no union brothers my family comes first. Do what you need to survive the union is not going to pay your bills.
Respectfully,
The Scab!